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performance Bands & Bellies 9
A concert for peace with live bands and bellydancers! This event will donate proceeds to Playing for Change, an organization supporting music and arts education!

Jenna with Phoenyx: BellydanceRising will perform their popular Warda & Drum Solo choreographies as part of this show, in LA for the first time! Princess Farhana and Zahra Zuhair also in the lineup!

When: January 22, 2012, 5-8pm
Where: Paul G. Gleason Theater in Hollywood
How Much: 10$ admission - click here & scroll down for pre-sale with PayPal

performance t a X i m
taXim is a bellydance showcase in Eagle Rock featuring live music and different dancers with special guest stars that happens on a particularly auspicious Saturday, just about every other month. Jenna hosts this popular event with DanceGardenLA Bellydance studio co-owner Zahra, and usually performs, too!

Saturday February 4 features special guests ANGELA BUTTREY and KHADIJAH, Khaleeji dance specialist coming all the way from Colorado, and loads more bellydance entertainment, all performing with the legendary Saffron Parade Arabesque Band! Click on the title "taXim" above for more info.

When: 7:30 pm doors, 8:00pm show PLEASE do not expect to come in before 7:30 - but do arrive on the early side if you want to be sure to get a seat.
Where: Studio Iqaat, 3515 Eagle Rock Blvd.;Los Angeles CA, 90065
Parking on street or dirt lot adjacent to studio
How Much: 15$ admission includes light refreshments & snacks - 1$ discount if you bring (and take home) your own reusable cup or mug


performance
Sweet Success
The Burbank Dessert Festival! A benefit for Burbank High School Arts and Athletics with free tastings of delicious desserts, fun photo booths and a variety of performances every 15 minutes, including Jenna with Phoenyx: BellydanceRising


When: Sunday, February 26, 2012; 1-4pm
Where:Burbank High School (Small Gynnasium)
902 N. Third Street, Burbank Ca , 91502
How Much: 10$ advance ticket, $15 at the door
For purchase information, please click"Sweet Success" above to visit the official website.
 

workshop Oasis Dreams: Jenna in Boise, Idaho
Jenna will teach 3 workshops and star in the gala evening showcase for Mearah's annual bellydance event, Oasis Dreams, and is looking forward to her first visit to Idaho!

Jenna will teach 2 different Rhythm Lab workshops, Saturday at 10 am and 1:30 pm, explaining various bellydance rhythms and offering her own dance combinations to highlight and enhance those rhythms. Rhythm Lab I will focus on Ciftitelli and Saiidi,
Rhythm Lab II will focus on Masmoudi and Karsilamaand on Sunday at 10 am, she will teach Solo Improvisation: Strategies & Practicum where dancers will learn ways to maximize their in-the-moment creativity and polish.

The Oasis Dreams Evening Showcase will take place on Saturday night.

When: Oasis Dreams is from Friday March 30 - Sunday April 1st
Where: Boise, Idaho
How Much: Please visit www.mearah.com and click on "Oasis Dreams" for registration information


IN THE BOUTIQUE...
in the works....
Jenna is currently discussing her next instructional belly dance DVD project with her producers at World Dance New York..... the wait is almost over....!

Bellydance: The Next Level Instructional DVD Trailer on YouTube
Check out Jenna's latest instructional DVD for bellydancers. This intermediate/advanced DVD is now available for purchase. You can see moreinformation and order in our boutique!

Instructional Bellydance DVD for Beginners
"Bellydance Basics and Beyond" is now available for purchase! Visit the boutique for more details....

Instructional DVD
for dancing with the drum solo
"The Heartbeat of Bellydance" is now available for purchase! Bellydancing for Fortune & Fame companion CD is also available now! Visit the boutique for more details.....

: : "I recently bought your video, The Heartbeat of Belly dancing. I LOVE IT!!!!. I have a lot of videos of famous dancers but yours is my favorite!!!
You explain everything so nicely, makes it soo easy to follow and you are an amazing dancer too!!! " -R.W., Texas


WEBSITE & MEDIA UPDATES

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television appearance Jenna on Aarti Party
You may have seen Jenna shimmying across the screen in the promo spot for Aarti's second season of her Indian-spiced cooking show on the Food Network. You can catch the whole episode, where Jenna bellydances with live percussion by Bahia Sultan for Aarti's dinner guests on a lovely Abbott Kinney patio!
When: February 13, 2011; 11:30am on the left coast, or check your local listings
Where: your living room! the Food Network

Jenna's dance studio, DanceGardenLA is now on twitter! Follow, follow, follow.....!

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Jenna on Tyra!
Jenna was recently invited on to the Tyra Banks show to teach a lovely mom some bellydancing moves to show off to her Palestinian husband! You can check it out here in Los Angeles on the MY13 channel at 5pm on April 10 2007. The episode runs 2 weeks later in Manhattan, please check your local listings. You can see the video clip on Jenna's MySpace site! (Thanks, Claudia!)

Jenna's Belly Dance Workshop Reviewed in The Chronicles: A Belly Dancer's Oasis
Jenna received a lovely review of her second workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the July 2007 issue of The Chronicles Magazine. The article, authored by Celine, who maintains an informational website for NM belly dance, can be viewed here.


Jenna is interviewed for "The Hip Circle",
a new webzine for bellydance enthusiasts and professional bellydancers.
Jenna discusses her move to Los Angeles, and comments on her experience in the West Coast belly dance world thus far.


Jenna is cast in an episode of MadTV
For a comedy sketch, Jenna portrays one of Barker's bellydancing beauties
on a middle-eastern themed spoof of 'The Price Is Right" (see photo to left) Aired 2/13/05.


Jenna Coaches "Salomé" Lead Jessica Chastain
(Theater run has finished, now in production of 'Salomaybe', the companion docu-drama)
Jenna has been intensively training actress Jessica Chastain for her climactic dance performance as Salomé,
opposite Al Pacino, opening mid-April at the Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. The show,
directed by Estelle Parsons, is a reprise of Pacino's Broadway performance starring Marisa Tomei,
who, coincidentally, was coached by a mentor of Jenna's, Serena of New York!

"Jessica Chastain, who plays Salome with fervor and grace. She is as beautiful as the part calls for, with hands like
white butterflies and feet like little white doves, and her Dance of the Seven Veils (done with one veil, to preserve the austerity of the production) is lovely, sensual, and captivating."
-Cynthia Citron

 



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Jenna performs with the live band at Wahib's in Alhambra, with Amir Sofi on tabla
(Photo: A. Tanikawa)



With Raqia Hassan after one of Jenna's Tokyo workshops

 


Jenna with Iraqi-American actress Yasmine Hannaney backstage at MadTV,
dressed for their roles as bellydancers on a game show spoof

Jenna after her 2008 NYC Workshop posing proudly with Kimi and her lovely gift of original artwork by Franco the Great!


Jenna signs a copy of her instructional DVD "Heartbeat of Bellydance" following her solo raks sharqi performance at Anaheed's Swap Meet in Granada Hills, California.

 


"Jenna's Jewels" Julia, Meekah, Freya & Ana sparkle before they perform two of Jenna's choreographies from her Saturday classes at the July '06 taXim (see left for info on upcoming taXim live music bellydance showcases! ).

 


Jenna and 4 of her NYC students filming the 'Layla' choreography for "Basics and Beyond", Jenna's instructional DVD.

 


Jenna with her amazingly talented and delightful advanced class at Komatsu Studios in Shibuya, Tokyo (2007)!


New York artist Patrizia Vignola stands in front of her painting of Jenna
View another bellydancer image by Patrizia Vignola

 


 

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